I wish I could put Jacksonville on that list. They did what the Bears did. Only on the big stage and against a great team.

I agree Jacksonville and Dallas both agree to be on that list. Both showed excellent on the big stage. I suppose dallas isn't considered the best because of how they got raped by those big Jags WR's...but pitt also didn't do great. Williams and Jones combined for 14 catches and about 170 yards which was a little less then 50% of their total offense.

Jacksonville have an elite unit, I wish Hayward didn't go down though.

Me too. He was our only every-down defensive end, but there's plenty of depth on the D-line. With Meier starting now and teaming up with Spicer, it's like having four defensive tackles our there. McCray played well on passing downs, and had a sack, too.

Baltimore definately contends for the number 1 Defense. The Bears are awfully good too, but if you look at what the Ravens have done their first two games, number 1 in yards allowed, number 1 in points, number 1 in turnovers, number 1 in yards per play(2.8). [SD is 2nd at 3.3 followed by Seattle at 4.3] 1 in 1st downs per game, number 1 in ypcarry(1.7, second is 2.7), tied for third in sacks, 2nd in QB completion %, already have a dTD and a safety, 3rd in 3rd down percentage. Just throwin some facts out there, they have been good thus far, as have been the Bears, but both teams played bad Os so I'll wait and see how they do against someone better, like SD in week 4.

The thing that makes our defense so good is how deep we are. Especially on the D-Line and in the Secondary. I mean Tank Johnson, Mark Anderson, and Idonije could start for some teams in the NFL, and yet they're backups to Brown, Wale, Tommie, and Brown.

In the secondary, Manning Jr. while a very good Nickel CB could start for a lot of teams in the NFL as well. And Chris Harris is a pretty solid SS, which I feel is his more natural position.

At LB, Ayenbadejo filled in nicely last week and Jamar Williams has been very good on Special Teams.

Our depth is what makes us really scary.

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Despite looking better against an underachieving Eagles team, I still think the Bears are one of the worst teams in the NFL. I smell a blowout victory by the Lions this week and a division sweep.

Until I see otherwise, Chicago has the best defense. They are playing all out every down and I don't see a weakness on that team defensively.

Baltimore is 2nd because they have looked great in their first two games as well but I think Chicago's has been more impressive.

Atlanta is 3rd because I still have questions about them. Don't tell me, "they played two division games against Carolina and Tampa Bay". Yeah, I know they did. My favorite team is in that division. But Tampa Bay looks like a glorified college team (the defense is the only thing keeping them from being lower), and Carolina looked flat out terrible in Week 1 and they were missing Steve Smith, their best offensive weapon.

i say Ravens are the best. They have great talent just about everywhere on the D

On the line: Suggs is a sack master, Ngata is their first rounder, Pryce is a great DE they got in FA from Denver.

LBs: Ray Lewis looks great and healthy, Adalius Thomas is 1 of the most underrated DEFENSIVE players in the league..hes done it all..safety, LB, DE and he showed his skills verse Raiders with a monster game.

Secondary..IMO the most talented..McAlister, Rolle, Reed and Landry played well last week.

Their D ranks #1 verse run, #3 verse pass #1 Overall. They stopped a team that had a great WR and great rookie RB last year and they stopped Moss and Jordan even though Brooks and their OL sucks.

Jaguars are definatley top 3 BTW. beat 2 quality opponents...shut down the Steelers and did pretty good in first game

i say Ravens are the best. They have great talent just about everywhere on the D

On the line: Suggs is a sack master, Ngata is their first rounder, Pryce is a great DE they got in FA from Denver.

LBs: Ray Lewis looks great and healthy, Adalius Thomas is 1 of the most underrated DEFENSIVE players in the league..hes done it all..safety, LB, DE and he showed his skills verse Raiders with a monster game.

Secondary..IMO the most talented..McAlister, Rolle, Reed and Landry played well last week.

Their D ranks #1 verse run, #3 verse pass #1 Overall. They stopped a team that had a great WR and great rookie RB last year and they stopped Moss and Jordan even though Brooks and their OL sucks.

Jaguars are definatley top 3 BTW. beat 2 quality opponents...shut down the Steelers and did pretty good in first game

It's not to hard to stop those WR's when Simms is your QB.

Screw all that against the run and against the pass crap. I want to know how many points they let up, because that in the end is the most important thing.

Chicago has let up 7 points in two games on defense. And I believe Baltimore is right up there with Chicago.

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Originally Posted by JBCX

Despite looking better against an underachieving Eagles team, I still think the Bears are one of the worst teams in the NFL. I smell a blowout victory by the Lions this week and a division sweep.

i say Ravens are the best. They have great talent just about everywhere on the D

On the line: Suggs is a sack master, Ngata is their first rounder, Pryce is a great DE they got in FA from Denver.

LBs: Ray Lewis looks great and healthy, Adalius Thomas is 1 of the most underrated DEFENSIVE players in the league..hes done it all..safety, LB, DE and he showed his skills verse Raiders with a monster game.

Secondary..IMO the most talented..McAlister, Rolle, Reed and Landry played well last week.

Their D ranks #1 verse run, #3 verse pass #1 Overall. They stopped a team that had a great WR and great rookie RB last year and they stopped Moss and Jordan even though Brooks and their OL sucks.

Jaguars are definatley top 3 BTW. beat 2 quality opponents...shut down the Steelers and did pretty good in first game

It's not to hard to stop those WR's when Simms is your QB.

Screw all that against the run and against the pass crap. I want to know how many points they let up, because that in the end is the most important thing.

Chicago has let up 7 points in two games on defense. And I believe Baltimore is right up there with Chicago.

i say Ravens are the best. They have great talent just about everywhere on the D

On the line: Suggs is a sack master, Ngata is their first rounder, Pryce is a great DE they got in FA from Denver.

LBs: Ray Lewis looks great and healthy, Adalius Thomas is 1 of the most underrated DEFENSIVE players in the league..hes done it all..safety, LB, DE and he showed his skills verse Raiders with a monster game.

Secondary..IMO the most talented..McAlister, Rolle, Reed and Landry played well last week.

Their D ranks #1 verse run, #3 verse pass #1 Overall. They stopped a team that had a great WR and great rookie RB last year and they stopped Moss and Jordan even though Brooks and their OL sucks.

Jaguars are definatley top 3 BTW. beat 2 quality opponents...shut down the Steelers and did pretty good in first game

It's not to hard to stop those WR's when Simms is your QB.

Screw all that against the run and against the pass crap. I want to know how many points they let up, because that in the end is the most important thing.

Chicago has let up 7 points in two games on defense. And I believe Baltimore is right up there with Chicago.

also not hard to stop kitna and favre now a days..

Haha can't take a joke...?

Kitna is still a good QB, as is Favre. In Favre's case he just doesn't have the tools around him anymore and he has lost a step, but he's still a good QB.

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Despite looking better against an underachieving Eagles team, I still think the Bears are one of the worst teams in the NFL. I smell a blowout victory by the Lions this week and a division sweep.